Call for Art: Member Showcase - November 4, 4-7

When

Sunday, November 04, 2018

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location

Salem Arts Association Galleries at 211 Bridge Street

CALL FOR ART

Call for Art “Salem Arts Membership Showcase”

Salem Arts Association is excited to close our 2018 exhibition schedule with a showcase of our member artwork. All current Salem Arts members are invited to bring on your best work. Lets show the community what we have to offer in all of our diverse styles and artistic disciplines.

Submission Criteria:All current member artists may submit artwork in a variety of 2D & 3D media for the juror’s consideration. This Membership Showcase encourages artists to submit artwork of any subject matter, medium, style, or inspiration.

Submission Fee:$5.00 per artwork; artists may submit up to FIVE artworks. Special Discount is 5 pieces for $20.

Submission Form:Please download the gallery submission form below and provide all required information requested, and follow instructions on the form. Printed copies must be submitted with your submissions.

Exhibition Jurying:Exhibit Chairpersons and Salem Arts Gallery Committee will jury this exhibit. Criteria will be based on execution quality and space available. Every effort will be made to include as many submissions as possible.

Cynthia Fowler is an art historian with a specialization in American modern art. She received her PhD from the University of Delaware in 2002 and is professor of art at Emmanuel College. Her book, Hooked Rugs: Encounters in American Modern Art, Craft and Design (Ashgate, 2013), reflects her interest in the contribution of textiles and other forms of craft production to the development of modern art. As a feminist art historian, Fowler has published essays on a variety of women artists, including modernist painter and embroiderer Marguerite Zorach, fiber artist Sheila Hicks and post-minimalist sculptor Brenda Miller. Locating American Art: Finding Meaning in Art Museums (Ashgate, 2016), edited by Fowler, considers the various ways in which the location of a work of art shapes its meaning. Her most recent book, The Modern Embroidery Movement (Bloomsbury, 2018) examines the modernist textiles produced by a group of American women artists in the first half of the twentieth century. Fowler has received fellowships and grants from the Smithsonian Institution, the Winterthur Museum, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for Craft Creativity and Design, and the Society for the Preservation of American Modernism.

·1st Prize: $100

·2nd Prize: $75

·3rd Prize: $50

·Plus Honorable Mention

IMPORTANT DATES:

Drop Off Submissions:Sunday, November 4, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Notification of inclusion/exclusion: Notification by email by Wednesday November 7, 2018.

Pick up of unaccepted work:Any work not accepted will need to be picked up Saturday, November 10, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Opening Reception:Friday, November 9, 2018, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Exhibition Dates:November 9 – December 16, 2018

Gallery Hours are every Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Pick Up of Artwork:Sunday December 16, 2018 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM.

Rules & Regulations: Please be sure to read the Salem Arts Association Artist Agreement and ensure you accept the agreement on your online member profile page. Non-members must also agree to our agreement provided at the gallery.

Presentation and framing: All submissions must be properly framed, matted, appropriately wired (no saw tooth hangars), and ready to hang. Wired images must have a tight wire positioned within the top quarter of the image height. All submissions will be inspected at take-in to assure they adhere to gallery standards. Submissions not meeting our standards will be rejected.

Sales and Volunteer Requirements: Exhibiting Salem Arts member artists are required to volunteer 3+ hours per month when your artwork is on display in the gallery or the gallery shop. Please sign up for a gallery host time slot or make arrangements for alternate volunteer opportunities. Click here for volunteer information and sign up.